# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-laird
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:45:00.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-laird"
name: "Rick Laird"
slug: "rick-laird"
description: "Richard Quentin Laird was an Irish musician, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, with which he performed from 1971 to 1973."
tagline: "Irish jazz bassist (1941–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Laird_1973_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1941-02-05"
deathDate: "2021-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             0.2492877492877493
  historical:           12.11847066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3743551/"
    handle:    "nm3743551"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريك لايرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "リック・レアード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird"
    title: "Rick Laird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2104416f-d330-490e-a24e-eac5c8cf64f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711779"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559768"
    title: "Rick Laird"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump